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Wide mitre box

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  • 22-06-2006 2:01pm
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    gramlab
    Registered Users Posts: 408 ✭✭


    Have a mitre box at the moment and its perfect for moulding, architrave etc

    Have a bit of skirting to sort but cant find any wider/larger box anywhere - checked woodies, B&Q, atlantic etc. Dont find the electrical mitre saws as good for finishing (I KNOW that the trades always use these but I cant seem to get it right)

    Do they exist?


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    tred
    Registered Users Posts: 1,472 ✭✭✭tred


    gramlab wrote:
    Have a mitre box at the moment and its perfect for moulding, architrave etc

    Have a bit of skirting to sort but cant find any wider/larger box anywhere - checked woodies, B&Q, atlantic etc. Dont find the electrical mitre saws as good for finishing (I KNOW that the trades always use these but I cant seem to get it right)

    Do they exist?

    ever thought of making one? Straight forward enough.


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    Alun
    Registered Users Posts: 21,467 ✭✭✭✭Alun


    Dont find the electrical mitre saws as good for finishing (I KNOW that the trades always use these but I cant seem to get it right)
    I suspect that's got a lot to do with the blade being used. Usually these saws are supplied with general purpose "cut-anything-anyways" blades that are quite coarse, but a good quality fine toothed crosscut blade will make a world of difference when doing what you want to do.


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    galwaydude18
    Registered Users Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭galwaydude18


    where are you from? I could lay it for you if you wanted? I have the necessary chop saw with a very fine blade in it! It's dewalt chopsaw! I will scribe all the corners for you as well and scribe the skirting to the floor as well to eleminate the gaps between the floor and skirting!


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    gramlab
    Registered Users Posts: 408 ✭✭gramlab


    Already have a mitre saw and will have no problem doing the job but would just prefer to use a box if a wide enough one was available.

    Also wife wants to use extra skirting to make some fancy frames to put around the garden( I don't know either!) but she is afraid of the saw so it would enable her to give that a go and give me some peace.
    ever thought of making one? Straight forward enough

    Not a bad idea tred. Might give it a go


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